Fiscal Decentralization and the Quality of Public Services in Russian Regions

The paper provides empirical analysis of the relationship between fiscal decentralization and the quality of public services in the Russian regions. The analysis suggests that fiscal decentralization has no significant effect on the key inputs into secondary education, such as schools, computers, or...

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Main Authors:	Freinkman, Lev, Plekhanov, Alexander
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare H750 Intergovernmental Relations Federalism Secession H770 Education and Research Institutions: General I200 Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics P250 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics Health Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5749

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spelling	okr-10986-57492021-04-23T14:02:23Z Fiscal Decentralization and the Quality of Public Services in Russian Regions Freinkman, Lev Plekhanov, Alexander State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare H750 Intergovernmental Relations Federalism Secession H770 Education and Research Institutions: General I200 Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics P250 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics Health Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360 The paper provides empirical analysis of the relationship between fiscal decentralization and the quality of public services in the Russian regions. The analysis suggests that fiscal decentralization has no significant effect on the key inputs into secondary education, such as schools, computers, or availability of pre-schooling, but has a significant positive effect on average examination results, controlling for the key observable inputs and regional government spending on education. Decentralization also has a positive impact on the quality of municipal utilities provision. Both effects can be attributed to strengthened fiscal incentives rather than to superior productive efficiency of municipal governments. 2012-03-30T07:34:21Z 2012-03-30T07:34:21Z 2010 Journal Article Public Finance and Management 15239721 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5749 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Russian Federation
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topic	State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare H750 Intergovernmental Relations Federalism Secession H770 Education and Research Institutions: General I200 Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics P250 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics Health Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360
spellingShingle	State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare H750 Intergovernmental Relations Federalism Secession H770 Education and Research Institutions: General I200 Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics P250 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics Health Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360 Freinkman, Lev Plekhanov, Alexander Fiscal Decentralization and the Quality of Public Services in Russian Regions
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description	The paper provides empirical analysis of the relationship between fiscal decentralization and the quality of public services in the Russian regions. The analysis suggests that fiscal decentralization has no significant effect on the key inputs into secondary education, such as schools, computers, or availability of pre-schooling, but has a significant positive effect on average examination results, controlling for the key observable inputs and regional government spending on education. Decentralization also has a positive impact on the quality of municipal utilities provision. Both effects can be attributed to strengthened fiscal incentives rather than to superior productive efficiency of municipal governments.
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author	Freinkman, Lev Plekhanov, Alexander
author_facet	Freinkman, Lev Plekhanov, Alexander
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title	Fiscal Decentralization and the Quality of Public Services in Russian Regions
title_short	Fiscal Decentralization and the Quality of Public Services in Russian Regions
title_full	Fiscal Decentralization and the Quality of Public Services in Russian Regions
title_fullStr	Fiscal Decentralization and the Quality of Public Services in Russian Regions
title_full_unstemmed	Fiscal Decentralization and the Quality of Public Services in Russian Regions
title_sort	fiscal decentralization and the quality of public services in russian regions
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Fiscal Decentralization and the Quality of Public Services in Russian Regions

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